Flower in My Hair

By E. N. Joy

Although born with it, it seems as though it takes a lifetime to discover beauty within one's self. How does one even begin to define it? The simple appreciation of beauty is another feat in itself. It’s always been there waiting to be unearthed. Flower In My Hair is like being born again…into beauty. Be Introduced or reacquainted with self love.

BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy gifts her readers with her most personal and private thoughts. In the past, she’s used her gift of written word to create and develop a multitude of characters and situations. She’s allowed readers into the lives of various colorful individuals, all of which, if pieced together, would ultimately make up her life. 

In Flower In My Hair, E. N. Joy doesn’t hide behind any made up character as she shares with readers the most intimate parts of her being.

• Language: English
• Publisher: E. N. Joy
• Release date: Apr 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781611563061

E. N. Joy

BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy is the author behind the “New Day Divas,” “Still Divas,” “Always Divas” and “Forever Divas" series, all which have been coined “Soap Operas in Print.” She is an Essence Magazine Bestselling Author who wrote secular books under the names Joylynn M. Jossel and JOY. Her title, If I Ruled the World, earned her a book blurb from Grammy Award Winning Artist, Erykah Badu. An All Night Man, an anthology she penned with New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Jackson, earned the Borders bestselling African American romance award. Her Urban Fiction title, Dollar Bill (Triple Crown Publications), appeared in Newsweek and has been translated to Japanese.After thirteen years of being a paralegal in the insurance industry, E. N. Joy divorced her career and married her mistress and her passion; writing. In 2000, she formed her own publishing company where she published her books until landing a book deal with St. Martin's Press. This award winning author has been sharing her literary expertise on conference panels in her home town of Columbus, Ohio as well as cities across the country. She also conducts publishing/writing workshops for aspiring writers.Her children’s book titled The Secret Olivia Told Me, written under the name N. Joy, received a Coretta Scott King Honor from the American Library Association. The book was also acquired by Scholastic Books and has sold almost 100,000 copies. Elementary and middle school children have fallen in love with reading and creative writing as a result of the readings and workshops E. N. Joy instructs in schools nationwide.In addition, she is the artistic developer for a young girl group named DJHK Gurls. She pens original songs, drama skits and monologues for the group that deal with messages that affect today’s youth, such as bullying.After being the first content development editor for Triple Crown Publications and ten years as the acquisitions editor for Carl Weber's Urban Christian imprint, E. N. Joy now does freelance editing, ghostwriting, write-behinds and literary consulting. Her clients have included New York Times Bestselling authors, entertainers, aspiring authors, as well as first-time authors. Some notable literary consulting clients include actor Christian Keyes, singer Olivia Longott and Reality Television star Shereé M. Whitfield.You can visit BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy at www.enjoywrites.com or email her at [e-mail]. If you want to experience a blast from her past, you can visit www.joylynnjossel.com.

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Flower in My Hair

Flower in My Hair

Rhythmic Verses of a Beautiful Soul

By E. N. Joy

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Published by End of the Rainbow Projects

P.O. Box 128

Reynoldsburg, OH 43068

Copyright © 2011 by End of the Rainbow Projects

All rights reserved.  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written consent of the publisher, except brief quotes used in reviews.

Dedication

I dedicate this book to you, my reader, for your continuous support and for both accepting and appreciating my written words.  Writing, for me, is what reading is to you; .it’s breathing.  To not be able to share this gift God has bestowed upon me with you would be to suffocate.  Because of you, I write.  Because of you, I can breathe.  Because of you, I am able to release every thought I’ve ever had, everything I’ve ever said and everything I’ve ever done; the good, the bad and the ugly.  And you don’t judge me.  I guess it’s because half the time, especially in my fiction stories, you have no idea what parts are me.  What parts are my joy. What parts are my pain.  You just appreciate it for what it is...my life-all of me.  And I thank you.

Love Always, Joy

I placed the flower in my hair and it became more than just a flower.  It became beauty and strength.  It was serendipity to discover the same about myself. -E. N. Joy

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Waitin’ on My Change

Beguiled

Beautiful One

Baby Girl

Running From the Rain

Tall Beautiful Flower

Alicia’s Prayer

For Lovers Only

The Interval

How Rich I Am

Allow Change

Inside And Out

Keep In Mind: Don’t tell

Little Girls

Keep In Mind: Caught up

Always Listen To Your Beautician

Going Through Life

Untitled

Time Served

Farewell to Thee

Just Making Conversation

Friend of the Night

The Aftermath

Imagine This

The Sweetest Honey

Loving You So Much

Making Love

I Don’t

When My Sister Was a Little Girl

Tomorrow

This Home

Today I Met a Man

Ignorance Is Bliss

That Girl

Flower in My Hair

Divine Birthday

Loving Commitment

My Mother’s Womb

Maybe Then I’ll Cry

Sans Faith

I Fear That I am Losing

Somebody’s Son

My Darling Child

These Three Days

Seed

When I Die

As Close to Death

The Slave

Not Kevin

Bus Talk

Whispers of the Ghetto

Keep In Mind: Deed of Greed

Hidden Agenda

The Sacrificial Lamb

The Love of a Sister

The Making of a Family

Figment

The Last Night

Untitled

Another Year

Wife of Lennon

You The Sun

Traffic Jam

The Apology

Desolate Thoughts

The Next Time, God

You Ever Seen a Grown Man Cry

My Man

The Day Will Come

The Prayer

This Very Moment

The Good Father

The Good Mother

Remember Jesus

Waiting On My Change

I’m standing in the grocery store line.  I’m standing in the grocery store line impatiently. I’m impatiently waiting to get checked out.  I’m tapping my foot. It’s been a long day.  I’m just trying to hurry up and get home.  Got a ton of things to do, besides whip up these few ingredients in order to make a decent meal. The lady in front of me is writing a check.  For real?  Like who still does that?  Now I have to wait even longer while the cashier calls a manager over to approve the check.  I’m waiting.